Pardon ... anyone ?

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  1. Foolardi

    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Dems along with their sycophantic attorneys are now all in
    a dither after the Stone Sentencing.That Trump has now apparently
    changed the rules governing Pardons.With Rod Blagojevich openly
    and somewhart aggressively displaying No Remorse before and after
    his Trump pardon.That according to these Hack Democrats and their Ilk
    { Radical Democrat Judges and Attorneys } who are now about to make
    a new case.That Under President Trump a new page in how Presidential
    Pardons are handled is a both shocking and to be a main focus of attention.
    That apparently Trump doesn't give a rats read end as far as any
    showing of remorse.No matter if Pardons have to be reviewed by Pardon
    attorneys.Another new Lie aimed at Trump for his way of handling
    things like Justice,Fairness and His way or the Highway.
    At 49% approval I think a majority of Americans think Trump's
    Highway is a pretty decent road to use to get from point A to Z.
    And back.
     
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  2. God & Country

    God & Country Well-Known Member

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    Fresh from a crushing defeat ala their ill conceived impeachment farce, the Dem's are spoiling for a new distraction from their perpetual defeats. They've developed an addiction to having egg on their face. Could it be that they realize their candidates are hopeless and the new strategy is to gather sympathy votes. You know, like somebody dancing with the ugly girl at the prom. uh,The Constitution explicitly assigns the president the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet, convene or adjourn Congress, grant reprieves and pardons, and receive ambassadors and give zero ****s.
     
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    perotista Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    All presidents in my life time have pardon some folks I totally disagreed with. The Constitution gives the president this right, he doesn't have to answer to anyone except his own conscious. The list.
    Trump 25 as of 18 Feb 2020
    Obama 212
    G.W. Bush 200
    Bill Clinton 459
    G.H.W. Bush 77
    Reagan 406
    Carter 566
    Ford 409
    Nixon 926
    LBJ 1,187
    JFK 575
    Eisenhower 1,157
    Truman 2,044
    FDR 3,687

    After Nixon, presidential pardon's sure took a steep drop.
     
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    spiritgide Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    SPEAKING OF HIGHWAYS....

    Oklahoma has a bill pending now that would re-name a portion of the famous "route 66" in honor of president Trump.

    Another, which I think has passed, is a change in license plate mottos. It was suggested to use "Make America Great Again", but available space made that impractical- so they settled on "America First".

    Thumbs up, Okies!

    I have an old friend who lives in Oklahoma- and hates Trump, totally for personality reasons. I haven't talked to her about this yet, but I know her reaction will be about the same as getting an atomic wedgie...
     
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    spiritgide Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Saw a chart of pardons and such by the last few presidents. At they rate Trump is going, he would need to be in office for about 40 years to catch with Obama....
     
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    Dirty Donald busy, PARDONING THE SWAMP!!!!
     
  7. EyesWideOpen

    EyesWideOpen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Let us know when he starts to pardon known, unrepentant domestic terrorists, like FALN.
     
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    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Oh give it a rest. More than half of of those pardoned were victims of the damn swamp.
     
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    EyesWideOpen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Stone will probably be pardoned in December.
     
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    Yes, Obama had a soft spot for domestic terrorist.....
     
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    garyd Well-Known Member

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    Assuming he doesn't get his well deserved retrial with a less Trump hating judge and jury and probably a change of venue as well. The scene outside the court room today made damn obvious that no one who is a friend or acquaintance of Trump will ever get a fair trial in DC
     
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    I heard that President Lincoln liked to pardon people... :)
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That's right Obama granted clemency to a Terrorist.A Puerto Rican nationalist
    convicted of seditious conspiracy,Use of force to commit robbery,
    Interstate transport of Firearms and ammunition and stolen vehicles.
    That being Unrepentant Terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera.
     
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    Foolardi Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Why December.Not September.Or maybe Tomorrow and Tomorrow
    and Tomorrow.
     
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    Think it thru, and get back to me.
     
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    Ummm... 49% and majority don’t go together. The President has always had minority support in this country and that isn’t likely to change.

    Personally I believe the sentencing for white collar criminals is far too lax. So I’m not going to be pleased with sentence reductions or pardons for these corrupt fools no matter who offers them up.

    If you can steal a million and the punishment is a slap on the wrist and a 100K fine that’s an incentive for corruption.

    If banking institutions can be caught laundering money and persistently get off with upper management claiming “lax controls” that’s an incentive for corruption.

    The status quo with white collar crime is not justice or fairness it’s corruption.
     

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